I started this mandala last week and finished it yesterday.
It is one foot square so my scanner was unable to pick up the entire image but
this is a decent representation of its essence.
I’ve been feeling under the weather again, this time with a bad chest
cold. Working on this painting brightened things a bit. I was thinking about plants, more
specifically herbs, and the healing powers they possess. It’s very interesting and most likely
intuitive that I gravitated towards this type of healing subject matter just
before I got sick. Our subject matter choices are so broad and widely varied
that what we settle on working with has the potential to deliver important messages,
if we are open to listening. I worked with a compass, ruler and was heavily dependent
on the French curve. I have a large one
and a smaller curve. I’ve been curious about them but haven’t used them a great
deal in the past. It was interesting to
form an entire composition around the curve and its many possibilities. Organic abstraction has a soothing quality and
I have always gravitated towards circles and curvilinear shapes. There is
something about this particular mandala that also reminds me of a Pennsylvania
Dutch hex sign. Because I grew up close to Pennsylvania I remember seeing these
signs here and there. I think I will
look into them more closely now and see how I can work their compositional
style and meaning into my work as I move forward with the mandala as a form of
healing and expression. Meanwhile, the plants making my life more comfortable
are green tea, ginger and lemon. Honey is also very soothing. Though as I write
this post, I am thinking I need to search out my pantry to see if I have any
slippery elm for my throat or horehound for my cough.
When I first became a blogger it was difficult to know if I had readers and visitors coming to my blog. I’d post and be met by the sounds of crickets. Then, I branched out into the world of the blogosphere, a world I didn't know really existed. From my ventures, I met a lot of interesting bloggers. I've started following and commenting on numerous blogs, for you see, prior to my outings, I too was out among the crickets. Lurking about but seldom saying anything. A fellow blogger I've met through my journeys around the blogosphere is Melissa Maygrove . She had the brilliant idea to have a Follow Fest , where we share about who we are, what we do and most importantly, how you can connect with us further. It is my intention through joining Follow Fest, that I’ll connect with many more readers and people interested enough in what I do to want to learn more by following. So, here goes my entry for the fest. Name: Stephanie Rose Bird Fiction or
A great mandala... is it acrylic paint? Hope you feel better soon... sounds like you're on the right path with the lemon, ginger, green tea... xoxo
ReplyDeleteYes, it's Golden Acrylics with some gel medium as well. The gouache one didn't work out at all. Not feeling so hot. I appreciate the well wishes.
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